30 Mar 2022

An ice age Shag

From Nights, 7:12 pm on 30 March 2022

New research has discovered that Aotearoa's Blue Eyed Shags are much older than anyone ever thought. They lived through an ice age many birds didn't and as a species are millions of years old. But they're in trouble now and Otago University's Dr Nic Rawlence says they're a real "canary in the coal mine" for the impact of climate change and human contact. 

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Photo: Oscar Thomas